Ok, let me respond and I'll...

[Anzac]

go back to populist hell.

My question (I ask it here occasionally) was; Was the AWB worthwhile, given 20/20 hindsight. I think it was not.

Unfortunately, the powers that be deemed my question to be "AWB sunset gloating", and locked my post within 8 minutes (so much for discussing the issues).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x86655

So in reply to "gospelized" who stated that Gore didn't alienate anyone with his support of gun control, I submit that Gore was quite a popular politician in Tennessee, prior to his White House days. He also had a pretty good NRA rating (a "B" IIRC).

Vice President of the United States, 1993 - 2000 (Elected 1992; re-elected 1996). U.S. Senator, 1985-93 . U.S. Congressman, 1977-85 Elected 1976 (94%), re-elected 1978 (unopposed), 1980 (79%) and 1982 (unopposed)].


Gore lost Tennessee by 8 points in 2000. He didn't even carry his old congressional district.

Obviously there were other issues, but Gore definitely alienated significant numbers of Tennessee voters during the course of his vice-presidency. His support for gun control is often associated with this alienation.

Had Gore carried Tennessee, most Americans would not know the definition of "chad".


As for anyone who doubts that Democrats losing majority in the House + Senate in 1994 was due to gun control legislation, I'll just refer to Bill Clinton's comments on that.


Later (probably much later),

An alienated populist